This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Nauru and United States. For further information and explanations, we provide many details per country that go far beyond this comparison. For example, there are separate sub-pages for both countries on energy, refugees, population, transport, airports, sun position and much more.
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General information
| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Micronesia | North America |
| Area: | 21 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
| Official language: | Nauru | English |
| Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
| Independent since: | 1968 AD | 1776 AD |
| Capital: | Yaren | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Nauru and the United States| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 10,873 | 331,894,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 515.3 | 33.8 |
| Average age: | Ø 27.0 years | Ø 38.5 years |
| Migrationrate: | -10.60 ‰ | 3.02 ‰ |
Economy
| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | Australian Dollar (1 AUD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
| Unemployment rate: | 23.0 % | 5.5 % |
| Inflation rate: | -0.12 % | 4.70 % |
| Average income: | 19,470 US$ | 70,430 US$ |
| NRU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross domestic product: | 133 M US$ | 12.25 M US$ | 22,996,100 M US$ | 69.29 M US$ |
| Gross national product: | 212 M US$ | 19.47 M US$ | 23,374,712 M US$ | 70.43 M US$ |
| Exported goods: | 31 M US$ | 2.86 M US$ | 2,532,951 M US$ | 7.63 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 95 M US$ | 8.72 M US$ | 3,394,346 M US$ | 10.23 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Nauru and the United States| NRU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 30 km | 2.76 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
| Harbours: | 5 | 0.4599 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
| Passenger airports: | 1 | 0.0920 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Nauru and the United States| NRU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 22.32 m kWh | 2.05 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.76 m kWh |
| Energy production: | 24.00 m kWh | 2.21 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.34 m kWh |
| Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,211.16 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,106.27 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 60,000.00 t | 5,518.26 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Nauru and the United States| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +674 | +1 |
| Internet domain: | .nr | .us |
| NRU total | NRU per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile cellulars: | 10,000 | 920 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
| Internet server: | 8,162 | 751 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
| Internet users: | 6,198 | 570 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
| Broadband Internet: | 950 | 87 | 121,176,000 | 365 |
Native languages
| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| English: | 2.0 % | 82.1 % |
| Nauru: | 57.5 % | n/a |
| Kiribati: | 17.9 % | n/a |
| Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
| Tuvaluan: | 8.5 % | n/a |
| Chinese: | 2.0 % | 0.9 % |
| French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
| other: | 12.1 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
| Nauru | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 93.4 % | 78.5 % |
| Nondenominational: | 1.8 % | n/a |
| Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
| Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
| Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
| Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
| Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| other: | 4.8 % | 15.3 % |